Crime bills stall - Despite urgency, proposed acts yet to be debated in House
NINE MONTHS later and...nothing. After the tabling of six crime bills, crafted with urgency by the Bruce Golding administration to tackle the worrying crime wave affecting the country, the legislative measures are yet to be debated...
Last chance for cane workers
One of the United States' most powerful sugar companies is trying to keep more than 1,400 West Indian cane cutters from suing for back wages, according to a report by Laura Wides-Munoz of the Washington Post.An attorney for the workers says...
Holness on quality, accountability
Coming out of an interview with Minister of Education Andrew Holness, The Sunday Gleaner this week carried a lead story headlined 'School heads fail' and yesterday's Gleaner carried a lead story headlined 'Wanted: better student teachers'.
Legal fraternity mourns 'Berry' - Lawyers remember colleague fondly; police stumped
Gloom engulfed the local legal fraternity yesterday as news spread that one of its members had been murdered. Seventy-two-year-old attorney, Berriston 'Berry' Bryan, was found dead by one of his employees at his home in Stony Hill, St Andrew, early yesterday morning...
Fullerton to know her fate soon
Nicole Ann Fullerton, former operations manager of the failed Caldon Merchant Bank, will know her fate on Monday when the Court of Appeal hands down its decision. She is appealing her convictions and 12-month prison sentence for defrauding depositor...
Morgue workers stay home ...But get more pay
The five interdicted morgue attendants at the Mandeville Regional Hospital are to be paid three-quarters of their salary while on suspension, instead of the half pay which was initially announced. This was the only concession made...
Jamaica Celebrates - Building Our Nation, Our Family, Our Home
A tree grows in Castleton - The Gleaner, which by 1962, had already witnessed and reported more than a century of the island's history, teams up with Jamaica National Building Society, currently celebrating its...